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| Keywords: smithsonian institution smithsonianinstitution snow dog sled dogsled us mail usmail postal national postal museum nationalpostalmuseum Date: 1918 Object number: A.2009-36 Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: An unidentified mail contractor with his dog team posed in front of the Brown & Hawkins store in Seward, Alaska on this photographic postcard. As the title indicates, the contractor is preparing to leave Seward with the Anchorage mail. Dog sleds transported mail in some areas of the northern United States and the Alaskan Territory during winter months. Contract carriers used these sleds across Alaska from the late nineteenth century into the early 1920s. Isolated for much of the year, remote populations sometimes relied on dog sleds for contact with the outside world. Because weight was a critical factor for the dogs, mail traveling on sleds was usually restricted to first-class pieces unless room was available for newspapers, magazines, and packages. These items were otherwise left behind until spring, when they might be transported by steamboat or wagon. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Hettel Place: United States of America      Alaska See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Hettel Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207600 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. Date: 1918 Object number: A.2009-36 Medium: postcard stock; photo-emulsion Description: An unidentified mail contractor with his dog team posed in front of the Brown & Hawkins store in Seward, Alaska on this photographic postcard. As the title indicates, the contractor is preparing to leave Seward with the Anchorage mail. Dog sleds transported mail in some areas of the northern United States and the Alaskan Territory during winter months. Contract carriers used these sleds across Alaska from the late nineteenth century into the early 1920s. Isolated for much of the year, remote populations sometimes relied on dog sleds for contact with the outside world. Because weight was a critical factor for the dogs, mail traveling on sleds was usually restricted to first-class pieces unless room was available for newspapers, magazines, and packages. These items were otherwise left behind until spring, when they might be transported by steamboat or wagon. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Hettel Place: United States of America Alaska See more items in: National Postal Museum Collection Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Hettel Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207600 Repository:National Postal Museum View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. | ||||
